From The Examining Room, Dr. Charles, blog carnival afficianado and all around talented medblogger, comes the transcript of the 36th Meeting of the Skeptics’ Circle. It begins with a question: To readers who distrust science, knowledge found through experimentation, and the secular truths of reason in favor of simply believing – I ask you – […]
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I really have to turn off my Google Alerts for this topic. I’m going to pull out my hair if I don’t. As you may recall, I’ve been posting about two young victims of the siren call of quackery who will most likely pay with their lives for their trust in quacks. The first, Katie […]
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The doctor is waiting
Doctor Charles is waiting. Yes, he’s the host of the next edition of the Skeptics’ Circle, scheduled to land on his blog, The Examining Room of Doctor Charles this Thursday, June 8. You only have two days until the deadline. Doctor Charles’ contact information for submissions is here; general guidelines for submission are here. Doctor […]
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Last week, I wrote about two teens (Katie Wernecke and Abraham Cherrix) who, sadly, had been duped by the siren call of quackery and were, with the acquiescence of their parents, on the road to extinction. It figures that more information would become available over the weekend (after I had written my article) about both […]
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Compared to the usual topics discussed during the week, I normally like to try to keep the weekend fare on the ol’ blog relatively light and fluffy (mainly because traffic usually falls around 50% and I like to post my serious material on skepticism and science on days when I tend to have the most […]
